Presidential Politics by the Numbers

by Mary Hertz Scarbrough

Overview

This fun and surprising book goes beyond words and lets numbers tell the story! In a fresh infographic approach, fascinating facts about U.S. presidential elections take a new twist and are explained by the numbers. Vivid and colorful stats, charts, tables, and graphs breathe new life into all things electoral.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491482384
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	Presidential Politics
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	990L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Mary Hertz Scarbrough has written more than two dozen fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. Her first book for Capstone Press, Heroes of the American Revolution, was a Junior Library Guild Selection. She practiced law for 10 years and has taught writing and constitutional law. She loves to unearth little-known facts and particularly enjoys researching and writing about history and other social studies topics. She lives in Brookings, South Dakota.

Table of Contents

Do the math — Who, what, where : The Electoral College — What number is that amendment? — Birth of a president — Prior experience — Women and the vote — African-Americans and the vote — Elections and election day — Inauguration : hail to the chief — Presidential portraits — Death of a president — Vice president who? — Map it out.

Interviews

Meets Common Core State Standards for informational text grades 3-4. Includes primary source quotes, statistics, charts, tables, and graphs. Also includes sidebars, fact boxes, glossary, critical thinking questions, read more, and index.